Automobile accessory



sellitlz3, 1930. J. J. R. McLouH iN 6,291

AUTOMOBILE ACCESSORY Filed Nov. 27,1929

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I A itorney 23, 1930. J. J. R. M LOUGHLIN 1116291 AUTOIOBIIJE ACCESSORY Filed Nov. 27, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 A itorney Patented Sept. 23, 1930 p i l I UNITED; STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

JAMES J; R. MQLOUIGH'LIN, or POLAND-,1 NEW YORK AUTOMOBILE ACCESSORY." App'licationfiled November 27, 19295- Serial No. 410,083.

The present invention relates toan autotion-y butflofycourse oth'enlocations maybe mobile accessory: and has for-its prime ob+ utilized. a ject to provide a receptacle' for cigarette and Each accessory-comprises, a -tubular body cigar butts, ashes, matches, and other waste portion 6 merging at its lower'end intO-afiXed 6 material. outlettube-7fwhich maybe curvedto-meet 55 Another very important object of the inthe necessities of insulation.-v The; lower vention resides in the provision of a device portion of the tubular body 6 is'provided with of this nature having a pair of valves interindents 8 or-the like formingshoulders. I I connected so that when oneis closed the A pairzofv rings 9 and 10 arefconnected-rin 10 other is open and vice versa for the purpose spaced relation by means :of rods, 11 "so that 60 of preventing any of the waste material from the rings and rods may} be insertedpintoi the blowinginto the car when it is desired to tubular body as a unit-andthe ring-10- will empty the receptacle rest on the indents 8 These rings'form A still further-very important object of valve -seats, a flat-valve 13. being hingedly the invention resides in the provision of an mounted as at 12in -the.ring- -,9-andasimilar o5 accessory of this nature which is exceedingly valve 14 hingedly mounted asat' l5winthe simple in its construction, inexpensive to ringlO; I p manufacture, and install, strong and dura- Aconnecting rods 16 is pivotallynconnected ,ble, easy to manipulate, eflicient and reliable with lugs; 17 on th'evalves 13 and 14 iso 0 in use and operation, and otherwise Well thatwhen-one-valveis closed-anothervalveis 70 adapted to the purpose for which it is de-- open" and-vice Versa.- It Wlll bG- apparent signed. from aconsideration of Figures-.2 and-3,

With the above and numerous other objects that the upper valve. 13 opens ;-upwa rdly in view as will appear as the description while the lower valve-14opens'downwardly;

proceeds, the invention resides in certain Asprin-g-lSis incorporatedthe hinge -,7 novel features of construction, and in the structure. 12 so asto normally holdthe combination and arrangement of parts as .valve l3 in an openposition thereby nor,- will be hereinafter more fully described and mallyholding thevalve-"1 L, in; ai closed -posiclaimed. tion; ,and'thehingeistructure l5 -is further In the drawing: provided exteriorly of t etu bew-fiflwithahan- 80 Figure l is a fragmentary side elevation dle or actuating; member 12 whereby the of an automobile showing parts of the body valves 13 and-14 may be actuated manually broken away and illustrating the locations and simultaneously. Whenmulfieieht-waste of the accessories in the body, material such as cigarettes; cigar butts,

Figure 2 is a vertical section through one match s tem's,,-'-a shes andthe likeh'avebeen 3 5 of the receptacles with the top valve open inserted int-othebody 6; torestzon the/valve and the bottom valve closed, l l toovercome the "spring,,l8 itiwill "be seen Figure 3 is a similar section with the top that the valve- 141- will gravitatedown to an valve closed and the bottom valve open, open position thereby. causing .th'efvalv'e 13 40 Figure 4 is a detail sideelevation of the to cl.ose.- v I y .90 valve seats with their interconnecting rods, This action isjvery importantfbfecause-it Figure 5 is a horizontal section taken subeliminates the annoyance of a'ckl draft stantially on the line 5-5 of Figure 3, and blowing"wastejmateri'al inside thefcari It Figure 6 is a fragmentary elevational will further, of course, bereadily'understood 5 view for more clearly illustrating the manthat it is 'notnecessary'to wait until a*--par ml means for operating the valves. ticula-r' amount of 'w'aste'materi-alhas-'accu Referring to the drawing in detail it will m-ulatedin the body 'fi to empty the -same be be seen that the numeral 5 denotes an autocause :the valve llimay' be manually swung mobile body illustrating my accessories A toan'I-opened; position therebyircausingl the and B located therein inconvenient posiclosing'of thecvalvewl3. a P

ed in the tubular sacrificing any lower ring, spring means It will further be seen that the valve units may be readily removed when it is desired to thoroughly clean the receptacle or to repair any of the movable parts thereof.

It is thought that the construction, operation, utility and advantages of this invention will now be quite apparent-to those skilled in this art without a more detailed description thereof.

It is apparent thatchangesin the details of construction, and'in the combination" and arrangement of parts may beresorted to without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed or of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new is:

lyA device of the class described comprising a tubular body, a pair of rings mounted in the tubular body one above the other, a valve hingedly mounted inthe upper ring, a valve ,hingedly mounted in the lower ring, a connecting-rod operatively engaged with the valves so that when onevalve is open the othervalve' is closed, said lower valve being openableidownwardly and said upper valve being openable upwardly, rods connecting the rings, said tube having a. shoulder on which the-lower ring rests.

2. All ash receptacle comprising a tubular body, a pair of upper and lower rings mountbody alinement, a valve hingedly mounted in the opened position and the other valve in a closed position.

4. In an ash receptacle for vehicles, a tubular body opened at its top and bottom and adapted to be mounted vertically interiorly of a vehicle, with the lower end of said body projecting through the floor of the vehicle, a valve unit for disposition within said body, means for mounting said valve unit within said body, saidvalve unit comprising a pair of vertically spaced-upper and lower alined valve seats, rods connecting said valve seats, a disk valve hinged in each of said valve seats, connectingrod operatively engaged with the valves for simultaneously actuating said valves, springs'meansengaging. one'of said valves for normally retaining said one valve in an open position and the other valve in a closed position, the said normally closed valve adapted to be actuated for movement to an open position against the actioniof said spring under weight of the material supported thereon, and manually controlled means operatively engaged with one of said valves 1 or simultaneously actuating said valves 4 r c In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature.

JAMES R, MCLOUGEHLIN.v

in vertical spaced I upper ring, a valve hingedly mounted in the for normally retaining the valve in said opened position, a connecting rod pivotally upper ring in an engaged with said valves whereby when the upper valve is in anopenposition the lower valve will be in aclosed position, said upper valve opening upwardly, and said lower valve opening downwardly, said lower valve adaptedtobe actuated under the weight of material resting thereon for simultaneously actuating saidvalves. r

' 3. In an ash receptacle for vehicles, a tubular body open at its top and bottom and adapted towbe mounted vertically interiorly of a vehicle, the lower end of said body'projectingthru the floor of the vehicle, said body beingprovided with an internal shoulder formed thereon'interme'diate the ends of the body, avalveunittor disposition within said body, said valve unit comprising a pair of upper and lower vertically spaced alined valve seats, rods connecting said valve seats,

one of said valve seats adapted to reston said shoulder for supportingthe valve unit within said tubular body, a disk valve hinged in each of'said'valve seats,a connecting rod operatively engaged, with the valves for simultaneously actuating said' valves, spring means engaging one of said valves for normally retaining said J bne valve in an and v 

